- for sexual assault survivors -
- and those in the helping professions -
THIS SITE HAS MOVED TO
http://www.members.cox.net/totellthetruth
as of July 26, 2002.
Alabama (2) - Florida
- Massachusetts - Michigan
- New York - Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
(Many more events will develop. Check here often.)
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Last year, Karen persevered despite the flooding of her proposed site
from a hurricane during the week before the gathering!
I want eventually to get the details in print here; it's quite a story!
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MASSACHUSETTS, UPDATED July 16,
2000
Boston, November 2 & 3, 2000. Thursday & Friday. 11 A.M. to 3 P.M.
each day.
Event Site: University of Massachusetts, (Boston) Harbor Campus
Wheatley Bldg., 4th floor
100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA.
No charge.
Open to survivors, support persons, mental health professionals, the general
public - and news media, likely only for certain events.
DIRECTIONS:
From NORTH of Boston: Take Interstate 93 South to Exit 15, go 1/4 mile on Columbia Rd to rotary, turn Right on the 1st exitway [of the rotary] onto Morrissey Boulevard; go 100 yards & bear Right onto Service Road [past the Boston Globe], go 1/2 mile to traffic light and go Left onto U. Mass. Drive and into the campus. Follow posted signs to the event.
From SOUTH of Boston: Take 95 North to Interstate 93 North towards Boston, take Exit 14 and turn Right at end of exit onto Morrissey Boulevard. Go 1 mile to traffic light and there turn Right onto U. Mass. Drive and into the U. Mass. campus. Follow posted signs to the event.
From WEST of Boston: Take the Mass. Turnpike eastward into Boston to Interstate 93 South, then follow directions above for "From the NORTH."
Free, but donations in advance would be helpful.
TTTT event history: 1998, 1999, now 2000.
Contact: RSVP to Deborah Chambers, c/o University of Masachusetts.
Office Phone: 617-287-7349
Email Deborah at U. Mass,
also.
Featuring: Music, dance, art display, and speakers will be featured.
Free refreshments. Speakers will include survivors, mental health professionals,
and others. Frank Fitzpatrick of Survivor Connections will speak, and he will
perform some of his original denial-breaking music.
Also Featuring: Workshop for T-shirts for the Clothesline Project.
And survivor photos and art work. Contact Judy Parliman at 508-478-0164 or
email Judy at judyparliman@mediaone.net
MICHIGAN, UPDATED Sept. 11, 2000
Lapeer area (50 miles from Detroit). Sunday, November 5, 2000.
Interest group being formed.peer-to-peer Activism or Support or Other; decided
by those who attend.
TTTT event history: 1999, now 2000.
Contact: Beth
PO Box 1004, Lapeer, MI 48446-5004
Phone: 810-667-4111
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NEW YORK, NEW AS OF Sept. 12, 2000
New Paltz, NY. November 7, 2000, Tuesday, 11 A.M.-3 P.M. LIKELY DATE
& TIMES. Call Tracy Grant (below) to confirm date and times.
Location: Student Union Building, outside the Food Court, at SUNY (State
University of New York at New Paltz)
Event: Peer Counselors and an Educational Resource Display for Survivors of
Sexual Assault.
TTTT event history: 1999, now 2000.
Contact: Tracy Grant -
At the Psychological Counseling Center, telephone 914-257-2920.
SUNY New Paltz, VLC Room 110, 75 S Manheim Blvd, New Paltz, NY 12561
New York, NY. None this fall.
(See 2001 events list
page) for March 2001.
In the meantime . . .
Donna Robin Lippman is running a Reading Lamp meeting at which will be sold
a newly published poem by E. Sue Bloom.
Date: October 27, 2000.
For more info contact Donna at donnarobin@incestrecovery.org
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PENNSYLVANIA, NEW AS OF Sept. 13,
2000
Valley Forge National Park. Early November 2000.
Location:Valley Forge National Park
Event: Walkathhon
TTTT event history: 1999, now 2000.
Contact:Vince at SAFAR, Phone: 610-696-4955
Details: SAFAR (Survivors and Advocates For Abuse Recovery) is holding
it's third annual Walkathon at Valley Forge National Park in early November
(5th or 6th), 2000, in conjunction with the national "To Tell The Truth" day.
SAFAR is an organization of concerned citizens - survivors, therapists and
advocates - from all walks of life committed to stopping the cycle of abuse
by promoting and protecting the environment of healing. We welcome, and encourage
your participation. We will meet at the Betzwood Bridge Parking Lot at (time
to be determined; last year 10 a.m.) and walk the Schuylkill River Trail for
approximately 5 miles. For more information about participating as a walker
and/or as a sponsor,please call SAFAR at 610-696-4955.
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RHODE ISLAND
West Warwick, (10 miles from Providence) November 5, 2000. Sunday.
12:30 to 4:30 P.M.
Organized by Survivor Connections, Inc., The True Memory Foundation®
Event: Awards Banquet. Honoring activists in the prevention of sexual
abuse.
Location: West Valley Inn, 4 Blossom St, West Warwick, RI
TTTT event history: 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, now 2000.
Featuring: award presentations, buffet banquet, disc jockey,
With displays of survivor art and self-photographs, and resources.
Proceeds to benefit non-profit Survivor Connections.
$35 per ticket/person. Make checks payable to Survivor Connections, Inc.
For a Ticket Order Form, contact: John and Judy Parliman, 32A Country Club
Lane, Milford, MA 01757. Phone: 508-478-0164. Or email
Judy at judyparliman@mediaone.net
NO TICKETS SOLD AT THE DOOR. LIMITED SEATING. PLEASE RESPOND EARLY.
